Combined brush and scraper



` the following is Patented clune 26, i923,

lattanti CGMBINED BRUSH ANI) SCRAPIER.

Application filed April 29,1922/ .To all whom t may/concern.'

lle it known that I, JOHN J. Rnannori, a citizen of the United States, residing TPhiladelphia, in the county oil Philadelphia and State ot Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Combined Brushes and Scrapers, of which a specication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

ln the street cleaning departments or" varions cities brushes or brooms are used having stift bristles for brushing the dirt or refuse into piles to be removed. Very often the dirt or refuse clings to the street or pavement, and is difficult to remove with the brush alone. ,i

The present invention has orits purpose the provision of a device ot this lrind, upon which an improved scraper is mounted, so that in case the refuse is hard to remove from the street or pavement, the brush may be inverted, and thel scraper used for dim lodging the dirt or refuse. o

It is another purpose to provide a brush including a changeable handle, namely a handle which may be changed 'from one inclined position with relation to the brush to an opposite inclined position, so that either scraper blade may be used, that is to say, when one blade becomes worn so that it isy no longer useful, the handle may be changed, so that the other blade maybe used.

A further purpose is the provision of a rectangular plate with an opening to lit over a reduced portion of the wood part of the brush and secured to the body ot Vthe wood part of the brush, and provided with upwardly and outwardly curved blades, so that either blade may be used for scraping and removing the refuse or dirt.

rlhe invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective view ot a street cleaning' brush or broom, showing the plate with the opposite scraper blades applied to the wood portion oit' the brush, showing the handle in full lines extendingT at an angle from the brush, and also showing a dotted line position of a handle extending at `an opposite angle to the brush, showing the idea of changing the handle;

Figure 2 is an end view oi the brush or broom, showing the plate with the scraper blades, and

tirely upon which worn, so that it sei-iai no. 557,344. o

,full` and dotted line positions of `the handle; f i. Referring to the drawings, l designates the wood part of a brush, which may be any f suitable shape, proportions, or material.

The upper part ot the bodjT ofthe brush is provided with a'reduced portion 2, which also be any suitable shape or proportions, preferably corresponding in shape to the base of the body of the brush. `Projecting from the lower face of the body of 'the' brush, and secured thereto in any suitable i stituting the brush, ,which is used for sweeping dirt, refuseJ or other debris into piles on the street.

manner, areheavy bristles 3, con- A rectangular plate 4: substantially conforming to the contour of the body of the brush, is secured by screws or the like `5 to the body. rlhis plate lhas an opening 6 correspondingin shape yand size to the reduced portion 2 of ythe body of the brush,

`and is adapted to telescope oriit over the portion 2, in the manner shown clearly in Figure l, and since the screws 5 pass into the body oi thebrush, the plate is secured. in position. Elue to the reduced portion 2 engaging through the opening 6, strain upon the screws 5 is materially relieved. i

The longitudinal portions ot the `plate 4 are provided with upwardly and outwardly extending blades 7, preferably divergently-` curved, andk which are provided with scrap-` ing edges 8, which act to scrape the dirt or dbris from the street.

The reduced brush is provided with handle sockets 9 and l0, andll denotes a handle, which may be constructed ot any suitable material. This handle is designed to engage either one ofthe sockets 9 and l0, it depending enone of the scraping blades is being used. ln fact if the handle is projected from the wood portion of the brush as in Figure l, from the handle will be used. Obviously, when the scraping blade remote from the handle ll becomes worn so that it is no longer useful as such` the handle l1 may be removed from the socket or recessf), and inserted in the socket or recess l0, so that the other scraping blade may be employed. TWhen the other scraping blade becomes is no longer useful, an entirely new plate similarV to the plate i may be applied to the wood portion of the brush.

portion 2 oit' the body of the the scraping blade remote correspon ding in The cutting edges of the blades'may be either` corrugated., straight or` otherwise formed, as may the pavement or street to dislodge the dbris.

The invention having been set forth7 what is claimed is The combination with a street cleaning brush having a Vbody formed with an upwardly projecting, rectangular, central positon', of a plate havingv a Central opening shape to and reeeiving' the upwardly projecting- `portion of the body of the brush, means passlng through the-plate be found best for scraping and engaging the body of the brush for holding said plate in position,Y said plate having its opposite longitudinal portions provided with upwardly and outwardly diverging' scraping blades.y the' brush body being formed at its middle with oppositely disposed, downwardly and eonvergently eX- tending sockets; and a handle adapted to be disposed in either of said socketsk whereby either blade may be used.

In testimony whereotl l hereunto aliiX my signature.

JOHN J. REARDON. 

